Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.
Unknown to Afghanistan.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis) [XC90711]
by Lakshminarasimha R from Gunung Mulu NP, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia (song)
Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis) [XC491052]
by Andres Angulo Rubiano from Teak plantation , Vientiane Prefecture, Laos (alarm call)
Subspecies
Subspecies identity of birds on Sumbawa and Lomblen (Lesser Sundas) uncertain, provisionally included in sejuncta.
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:
calochrysea Oberholser, 1923 - Himalayas from northern Pakistan (Murree Hills) and Kashmir east to north-east, central and central-eastern India, Bangladesh, central and southern China, Myanmar (except southern Tenasserim), Thailand (except south-western and south) and northern and central Indochina. Non-breeding from central and southern Pakistan (Indus Valley) through plains of northern and central India to southern China and Indochina.
ceylonensis (Swainson, 1820) - South-western India and Sri Lanka.
antioxantha Oberholser, 1923 - Southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim), south-western and southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java and Bali.
sejuncta Hartert, 1897 - Sumbawa, Flores and Lomblen, in Lesser Sundas.
connectens Rensch, 1931 - Sumba, in Lesser Sundas.